Pictures: Scenes from Kiev, Ukraine

Marisa Porto, Daily Press

It is common practice for Ukrainian couples who live in Kiev to go to the Monastery of the Caves to take photographs after their wedding ceremony. They are accompanied by their wedding parties and families and friends.

The Cathedral of the Dormition is one of many buildings on the site of Kiev Perchersk Lavra. The cathedral was destroyed during World War II and has been rebuilt on the site of the Monastery of the Caves.